The difference between Charva and Pikey

When used as nouns, charva means unruly youth, whereas pikey means a pike (fish).

Pikey is also verb with the meaning: to steal.

Pikey is also adjective with the meaning: associated with or filled with pike (fish).

check bellow for the other definitions of Charva and Pikey

  1. Charva as a noun (Geordie, pejorative):

    Unruly youth; disobedient child or teenager.

  2. Charva as a noun (Geordie, pejorative):

    Unemployed youth with poor taste and dress sense.

  1. Pikey as a noun (informal):

    A pike (fish).

  1. Pikey as an adjective:

    Associated with or filled with pike (fish).

  1. Pikey as a noun (British, pejorative, offensive):

    A working-class (often underclass) person; can vary from specifically Irish Travellers to gypsies or travellers from any ethnic background, but now increasingly used for any socially undesirable person, with negative connotations of benefit fraud, theft, single-parent families and living on run-down estates.

  1. Pikey as an adjective (UK, slang, derogatory):

    Associated with members of the above-mentioned underclass.

  1. Pikey as a verb (UK, slang, derogatory):

    To steal.

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